Acts 17:6-16

6 And when they could not find them, ¹they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

7 and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against ²the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is ³another king, Jesus."

8 And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.

9 And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Paul and Silas in Berea

10 ⁴The brothers^[a] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they ⁵went into the Jewish synagogue.

11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ⁶examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

12 ⁷Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek ⁸women of high standing as well as men.

13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, ⁹agitating and stirring up the crowds.

14 Then the brothers ¹⁰immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and ¹¹Timothy remained there.

15 ¹²Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as ¹³Athens, and after receiving a command ¹⁴for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Paul in Athens

16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was ¹⁵provoked within him as he saw that the city was ¹⁶full of idols.